Editing Staples thesis (section)

In [[economic development]], the '''staples thesis''' is a theory of export-led growth. The theory "has its origins in research into Canadian social, political, and economic history carried out in Canadian universities...by members of what were then known as departments of political economy." From these groups of researchers, "the two most prominent scholars following this approach were [[Harold Innis]] and [[William Archibald Mackintosh|W.A. Mackintosh]]."<ref>{{cite book|last=Ramesh|first=Michael Howlett; Alex Netherton; M.|title=The political economy of Canada : an introduction|year=1999|publisher=Oxford Univ. Press|location=Don Mills, Ontario [u.a.]|isbn=978-0-19-541348-9|edition=2.}}</ref>